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Herein lies the final reading list for the second phase of the CBRIII, in no particular order. Created from recommendations from Facebook, the main Cannonball Blog and goodreads.com. Thanks to everyone for the excellent recommendations. Some books were omitted due the lack of a digital edition. There may be additions, (there already are two) but I will finish these books by the end of the year, and hopefully before then.

Summary: From the back cover, “Tane Cedar is the master tailor, the supreme outfitter of the wealthy the beautiful, and the powerful. When an ex-lover, on the run form the authorities, asks him to create a garment from the dangerous and illegal Xi yarn – a psychedelic opiate – to ease her final hours, Tane’s world is torn apart. Armed with just his yarn pulls, scissors, Mini-Air-Juki handheld sewing machine, and his wits, Tane journeys through the shadowy underworld where he must untangle the deadly mysteries and machinations of decades of deceit.

Summary: Taken from the back cover, “The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances’ foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks, or military action. The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him toward his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman’s life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a burnt out case. But not even its machine intelligence could see the horrors in his past.”

I’m off to a late start, but this is the official beginning of the Book Assault. What’s going on? Well…

This is one of the blogs for Pajiba.com’s annual Cannonball Read, a challenge to read a book every week for a year and write a review of each one of those books for perusal by the members of Pajiba. All the real information is here.

But this is my (Fofo) hub for this delightful pastime. While the blog is going up late, I have already started reading and wrapped up Iain M. Banks’ Use of Weapons on Sunday so a review on that is forthcoming. Wish me luck!